by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
We recently received a letter from an organization that wished us a happy new year – but for a year way beyond 5784 – suggesting we dream of what we want that organization...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech is a reaffirmation of the covenant made between God and the children of Israel; not just those of the generation in the Sinai Desert, but...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
Parashat Ki Tavo begins with the First Fruits Ceremony, which was one of the ways that ancient Israelites, who were farmers, expressed their gratitude to God. The...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
Parashat Ki Teitzei, provides many different laws to show that we are not only responsible for those we know, but also responsible for animals, our neighbors and those...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
One of the original ideas of why we feel a responsibility for our fellow persons is based on a verse from this week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Shoftim, “Justice,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
This week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Re’eh, has a very personal meaning to me, because my father, Dr. Arthur H. Wolintz, died during the week of Parashat...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
This Shabbat, August 5, is Parashat Eikev, the third Torah Reading in the Book of Deuteronomy, Sefer Devarim, the final book of the Chamesha Chumshei Torah,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
This Shabbat, with the reading of Parashat Matot – Masei, we conclude the book of Numbers, Sefer Bamidbar. When we conclude a book of the Torah, it...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
In our Torah reading this week, Parashat Pinchas, we read of the very zealous Pinchas who killed an Israelite man and a Moabite woman because of their very public...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
In the double portion of Parashat Chukat-Balak, we read the story of the King of Moav, Balak ben Zippor, hiring Balaam to curse B’nai Israel, the children...
